Date: 08-06-2023

ISSA Joins a New Partnership Under the Green Learning Community Project

GREELCO partnership aims to create an online learning community that connects ECEC professionals. 

Baytna Hubs – a network of identity-informed and trauma-informed ECD partners



Baytna Hubs is an initiative between Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) and Help Refugees, supported by Open Society Foundation, to scale up a specialist Early Childhood Development (ECD), called Baytna, which has been developed within the context of the Greek refugee crisis.

Date: 28-10-2020

New Guidebook and a Toolkit to Support Teachers Working with Refugee and Migrant Children

New Guidebook and Toolkit in Greek and English aim to support nursery and kindergarten teachers in refugee  camps and beyond. Both of the resources are made based on the experiences from  working with refugee and migrant children in Greece.

Toolkit for Day Сare Centers “Young Refugee Children in Greek Early Childhood Day Care Centers”



The Toolkit aims to support the work of nursery teachers with young refugee children and their families.

Building Bridges: Bridging the Gap - Supporting wellbeing, learning, development and integration of young refugee and migrant children



A guidebook which aims to support and inform the work of kindergarten teachers engaged in kindergartens in refugee camps on the Aegean islands, but can also be of help in various kindergarten settings.The guidebook besides hints on how to support kindergarten teachers, addresses topics such as cr

Impact of COVID-19 on refugees in Greece



Everyday experiences are being lost behind the statistics about the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially true for those already marginalised, such as displaced men, women, and children.

Resources to support psychosocial wellbeing, developed for refugee children, parents, and young people and for NGO workers



Refugee Trauma Initiative and our partners deliver Baytna - a trauma- and identity-informed model of Early Childhood Education for refugee children and their families living in Greece.

Date: 14-07-2020

BLOG: Caring at a Distance – Psychosocial Support for Refugee Children in Greece

To continue to support vulnerable families emotionally and socially, Refugee Trauma Initiative and its partners created multimedia and psychosocial resources, available online in several languages.

Date: 13-09-2018

NEWS - ISOTIS makes the case for inter-agency work

A new publication from the ISOTIS project focuses on successful inter-agency work for lower socioeconomic status, immigrant and Romani Families in Belgium, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal and the UK.

Date: 01-03-2018

Webinar: Responding to the ECEC Needs of Children of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe and North America

This webinar has been postponed, keep an eye out here or follow @ISSA_ECD on Twitter to find the rescheduled time and date.

Join a webinar focused on responding to the ECEC needs of children of refugees and asylum seekers. The webinar marks the release of a new Migration Policy Institute report examining the challenges and successes major host countries in Europe and North America are experiencing in providing high-quality ECEC services.